So I did a little snow wheeling at walker valley today and it was a blast! The only damage to was a badly kinked winch line and I tacoed my exhaust head pipe on a big rock......looks like the tj head pipe mod is coming sooner than expected!

The rubi that was up with us got some pics from yesterday so here are a couple more.….the second to the last one is where I crushed my exhaust and the very last pic is me winching the very high center jk!!

I changed out my ax5 fluid today! I had a shop change it out about 4 month ago and was't sure what the put in it. All I knew was it was hard to shift in the morning when it was cold so I change it out for some redline. It looks like it was just gear oil in the tranny Wich from what I hear is a big no no. Any now it shifts a lot better and on the bright side my softtopper should be here tommarow!

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Originally Posted by zte87

Yeah it's the frameless top, the book was right about putting ATF in the tc but from what I hear gear lube is bad for the tranny! It eats the bronze synchro. You need the fluid to be gl4 not gl5 maybe 91bod will chime in he seems to no his stuff when it comes to oils!

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Originally Posted by 91BoD

Correct zte87.
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I used Valvoline Full Synthetic GL-3 75-90W in my AX-4. (yes, I have a rare AX-4, the 4-speed version of the AX-5 but got a W58 ready to bolt right in when the AX-4 takes a dump) Still got about 1/2 gallon of it left.. Hard to find, EXPENSIVE stuff but it works, and the transmission shifts somewhat smooth. (its an 85 and hasn't had a single rebuild in its life.. lol)

Anywho, damn nice build dude! Makes my rednecked XJ look like ****. Only decent things on my Jeep is the motor (see specs) and the locker in the HPD30. Everything else is just crap. bleh.

looks good bro. I'm in the Tacoma area. What I really like about yours is it's the only rig I've found that looks like mine will look like, though I'll have Stainless Brain Fab flat fenders, and it'll be 4" RE lift. Hopefully in the next 2-3 months, so Hopefully I can join you soon for some good wheeling! (I'm on 31's now with stock suspension, they've done great in the snow, but I don't want to try wheeling with no flex!!)